[Jewelry making - Article 01195] - [Orchid] Bead Blaster and Humidity

[Kay]

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    Recently I acquired a table top Bead Blaster - pencil style - and
    have tried to use aluminum oxide. I am faced with an unexpected
    problem - I have the bead blaster in my garage and I live in Florida
    - can you spell humidity? It apparently causes the aluminum oxide to
    clump together so it won't flow continuously. Rio G suggest moving
    the bead blaster inside in the air conditioning, but needless to
    say, there is no space inside for this, so I have to find another
    solution. I am considering placing a desiccant (small packet) inside
    the bead blaster in a corner or where ever I can put it in the hopes
    that this will help remove the humidity from the media.  Does anyone
    have input on this - or if you have used a bead blaster at all,
    would you share any tips you may have on its use? I have ordered the
    glass beads to try in the hopes that perhaps they won't be quite so
    affected by the humidity, though I fear that won't make much
    difference. Any and all comments, tips, advice, etc. are welcomed.
    This is indeed frustrating. It does work but only in spurts - each
    time the tube fills with the media, I can blast a tiny bit, then
    it's whack, shake, stir, scream, whatever it takes to get that tube
    filled the next time so I can blast again. Took over an hour to bead
    blast a 1/2 inch by 1 inch piece of sterling (scrap). Needless to
    say, my patience is beginning to wear thin. Hope someone has some
    wonderful idea. Thanks in advance. You may also contact me at my
    person email: bericho1 AT comcast.net. 

    Kay, in Sarasota and very grateful that Katrina bypassed us and sad
    for those not so lucky.

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